Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 172
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 21, 1997, 9:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma; 22 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 1997, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1997, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties
Beckham County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 61 min |
| Apr 21, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 34 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Carter, Coal, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Choctaw, McCurtain | 6 hr |
| Apr 21, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Freestone and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jefferson, Liberty and 2 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1997
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.